8 Dec
1998
8 Dec
'98
3:37 p.m.
That's fine, except that's not what the GNU license allows him to do.
"I have nothing against people who sell
software, and they should have nothing against me for forbidding >them from
using
my software in the software they sell."
--Chuck
8 Dec
8 Dec
4:05 p.m.
Max Eskin wrote:
That's fine, except that's not what the GNU license allows him to do.
And if he doesn't like the wording of the FSF license, he should have
written it differently. He had the option. It was his pencil. And
his words.
--
Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
WARNING: The Attorney General has determined that Alcohol, Tobacco,
and Firearms can be hazardous to your health -- and get away with it.
"I have nothing against people who sell
software, and they should have nothing against me for forbidding >them from
using my software in the software they sell." 
9 Dec
9 Dec
8:22 a.m.
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10 Dec
10 Dec
1:19 a.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Of course, that means that no code otherwise covered by the GPL can
be used -- because if any _part_ of a product is GPL'd, so must all
derivative work.
--
Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
WARNING: The Attorney General has determined that Alcohol, Tobacco,
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Max Eskin wrote:
Or, of course, released some of his software under a different license.
AFAIK, nobody, not even RMS, has to release anything under the GPL if
they don't want to.
That's fine, except that's not what the GNU license allows him to do.
And if he doesn't like the wording of the FSF license, he should have
written it differently. He had the option. It was his pencil. And
his words. "I have nothing against people who sell
software, and they should have nothing against me for forbidding >them from
using my software in the software they sell."
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